Horse back to private jets and gravel roads to concrete jungles; 8 tracks to I pods and snail mail to Facebook, everything around us has changed, has grown, has evolved. Even the term “teenager or “teen” didn’t exist until the 40’s, before then you were either a child or an adult. Now teens have become a society within a society, experiencing a battle like we have never seen. Teens more than most deserve to have someone stand by them, a personal cheerleader, so to speak, like it says in Hebrews 3, encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Adults go home after work, teens bring work home; drugs, sex, and talk of parties would never be tolerated in any work environment, at school it is the environment, at work adults strive to make a boss happy, get a promotion and a raise, at school teens strive to make everyone happy, get good grades and survive, not to mention the pressures of popularity. Then the average teen goes home to a second job like babysitting and countless tasks around the house, followed by more school work, then possibly more chores like dishes, finally it’s off to bed, somewhere, somehow they MUST find the time to socialize and have fun so they don’t get labeled at school.
All too often the average teen is looked at like a child, and treated like one, as they deal with adult scenarios like pregnancy, abortion, drug addiction, abusive relationships, death, depression, feelings of inadequacy, getting or keeping a job, and countless other things that happen on a daily basis, in addition their bodies are changing daily and being bombarded by an abundance of unexplainable emotions. Teens need some one to stand by them, to hear them, to talk to them, to love them, and be a shoulder to cry on, and a friend to laugh with.
Though this world is changing and evolving, God has remained the same, his ear is not to dull to hear and his arm is not too short to reach, he still has a plan for prospering us and not to harm us. In fact he has even given us the exact time and place we need to live so that we can be close to him, and he always does everything for the good of those who love him. He is standing by each of us searching our hearts in order to give us a life that will be shared about for generations, a life of impact. Out of all the women in the world it was a teenage Mary who God found worthy to carry and raise Jesus, the savior of mankind. Out of all the solders and mighty men it was a young teen named David that God chose to face Goliath, to be king, and to lead his people. The Bible is filled with examples like these, and today is no different.
No matter who you are, no matter where you go in life, the songs are the same; we all need some body to stand by us. We each must sing our song but it’s together that music is made and the Light will Reign. For more study please follow this link to a list of “one another” scriptures http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=%22one+another%22&qs_version=NIV
Very nice
That was great, coming together all around the world playing the same tune but different voices. Love it, thanks